fauç

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Catalan falç, from Latin falx, falcem (compare French faux, Spanish hoz), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelk-, *dʰelg- (“a cutting tool”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faws/

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Noun

fauç f (plural fauçs)

1. sickle

Dialectal variants

• hauç (Gascon)

Derived terms

• fauçmargue

Synonyms

• faucilha
• volam